Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.02.22

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Taproot LOT OF <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/lottrue-or-lotfalse-this-is-the-last-hurdle-before-taproot-activation">LOTS</a> </p> <p>- BitPay Sanctions <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20210218">Violations</a> </p> <p>- Bitfinex and Tether settle with NY AG without admitting <a href="https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2021/attorney-general-james-ends-virtual-currency-trading-platform-bitfinexs-illegal">fault</a> </p> <p>- MicroStrategy bought another ~19.5k bitcoin for a ~$1.03B, they now hold 90.5k <a href="https://www.microstrategy.com/en/investor-relations/press/microstrategy-acquires-additional-19452-bitcoins-for-1-026-billion_02-24-2021">bitcoin</a> </p> <p>- Square quarterly <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512673/000119312521052320/d128971dex991.htm">earnings</a> </p> <p>- Coinbase discloses number ahead of Nasdaq <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1679788/000162828021003168/coinbaseglobalincs-1.htm">listing</a> </p> <p>- Teleport Transactions CoinSwap <a href="https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2021-February/018426.html">implementation</a> </p> <p>- Arthur Hayes <a href="https://blog.bitmex.com/walkaway/">emerges</a> </p> <p>- Specter <a href="https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop/releases/tag/v1.2.0">v1.2.0</a> </p> <p>- Onion Share <a href="https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare/releases/tag/v2.3">v2.3</a> </p> <p>- RTL <a href="https://github.com/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL/releases/tag/v0.10.1">v0.10.1</a> </p> <p>- Hexa Wallet <a href="https://github.com/bithyve/hexa/releases/tag/v1.4.5">v1.4.5</a> </p> <p>- Samourai Dojo <a href="https://code.samourai.io/dojo/samourai-dojo/-/blob/master/RELEASES.md#samourai-dojo-v190">v1.9.0</a> </p> <p>- MyNode <a href="https://github.com/mynodebtc/mynode/releases/tag/v0.2.27">v0.2.27</a> </p> <p>- Sparrow Wallet <a href="https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/1.2.0">v1.2.0</a> </p> <p>- Blockstream Green adds encryption to wallet <a href="https://blockstream.com/2021/02/23/en-gain-privacy-with-the-encrypted-blob/">metadata</a> </p> <p>- River raised <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-brokerage-river-financial-funding-round">$17.3M</a> </p> <p>- BottlePay raised <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/bottlepay-a-payments-startup-that-lets-you-send-bitcoin-on-social-media-raises-11m">$15.5M</a> </p> <p>- Can Governments Stop <a href="https://quillette.com/2021/02/21/can-governments-stop-bitcoin/">Bitcoin?</a> </p> <p>- BitMEX provides third grant for Michael <a href="https://blog.bitmex.com/100x-group-provides-third-grant-to-bitcoin-maintainer-michael-ford/">Ford</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsors.</p> <p>Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.</p> <p>Unchained Capital. Check out their <a href="https://unchained-capital.com/the-vault-concierge-onboarding-package/">white glove vault concierge service</a> that will take you from zero to secure multisig setup in no time. Use the code TFTC and receive $50 off that package that includes 2 Trezor Model Ts and $1,000 in your vault.</p> <p>HodlHodl. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on <a href="//lend.hodlhodl.com">lend.hodlhodl.com</a></p>